Ings and the defenders shine in Palace defeat

Last updated : 23 January 2015 By Tony Scholes

Ings won both the man of the match vote and the player ratings and only the four players in the defence joined him in picking up any points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year.

He won the man of the match with 34.5% of the vote which was close to double the 17.7% gained by Kieran Trippier in second place. Ben Mee, who scored his first ever Premier League goal, took third place with 11.8% whilst Michael Keane came fourth with 9.9% of the vote.

Jason Shackell was the only defender to miss out but he replaced Mee in the top four of the player ratings which was again won by Ings with a rating of 6.95 out of 10. Trippier was again second with a rating of 6.49 with the two central defenders taking third and fourth place; Keane was third with 6.05 and Shackell came fourth with a rating of 5.83 out of 10.

That result gives Ings the maximum ten points towards the player of the year. There are also six points for Trippier, three for Keane, two for Mee and one for Shackell.

Those points extend Ings' lead at the top of the table to 15 points over Shackell while Trippier has moved up into sixth place, moving ahead of both Tom Heaton and Lukas Jutkiewicz. Keane has enjoyed a good month and he's now in tenth place in the table.

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The result from the Palace game and the current player of the year table can be found below.

MAN OF THE MATCH

34.5% - Danny Ings
17.7% - Kieran Trippier
11.8% - Ben Mee
9.9% - Michael Keane
5.9% - Dean Marney
4.9% - Scott Arfield & George Boyd
4.4% - David Jones
3.4% - Ashley Barnes
1.5% - Tom Heaton
1.0% - Jason Shackell

PLAYER RATINGS

6.95 - Danny Ings
6.49 - Kieran Trippier
6.05 - Michael Keane
5.83 - Jason Shackell
5.61 - Ben Mee
5.51 - George Boyd
5.49 - Tom Heaton
5.46 - Ashley Barnes
5.41 - Dean Marney
5.02 - Scott Arfield
5.00 - David Jones

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

80: Danny Ings
65: Jason Shackell
57: Scott Arfield
52: George Boyd
45: Ashley Barnes
36: Kieran Trippier
31: Tom Heaton & Lukas Jutkiewicz
29: Michael Duff
25: Michael Keane
24: Ben Mee
21: Dean Marney
17: Stephen Ward
16: David Jones
11: Michael Kightly
10: Nathaniel Chalobah
6: Marvin Sordell
4: Sam Vokes
2: Ross Wallace
1: Matt Gilks & Matt Taylor